Microsoft today updated its Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) preview for the Second time in a row. Seven weeks ago at the MIX Conference, Microsoft had released the first IE9 Platform Preview. They had committed to updating the Preview approximately every eight weeks. Today, they are releasing the second Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 9, available now at www.IETestDrive.com.
IE9's preview will not run on the nearly-nine-year-old Windows XP, because the browser relies on APIs (application programming interfaces) built into Windows 7 and added to Vista and Server 2008 R2 in October 2009. The final version won't run in XP either, Microsoft has confirmed.
Today’s release builds on the first Platform Preview, delivering improvements to IE9’s performance, support for standards, and hardware acceleration of HTML5. We’ve also updated the test drive site with a new set of developer samples to show what developers can do with GPU-powered HTML5. As part of our commitment to enabling developers to use the Same Markup – the same HTML, CSS, and script – on the web, we have contributed many new tests to the W3C for HTML5, as well as CSS3 Media Queries and DOM. The Developer Tools in this preview include some new features to make finding and fixing markup issues easier.
Developers should expect much more from browsers in order to deliver the graphically rich, interactive applications that HTML5 will enable. In IE9, our goal is to provide professional-grade, modern HTML5 support on top of modern hardware through Windows. The IE9 Platform Preview and the samples at the test drive site show the significant performance gains that web pages enjoy when a browser takes full advantage of the PC’s hardware capabilities through the operating system
The Preview Version is a 15 MB Download, from Microsoft. For more details visit the Official IE Blog.
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